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• Ninke Geertruida Maria van der Veldt, 's-Hertogenbosch

• Aaltje Elbertsen (90), Putten
• Christina Berendina Johanna de Jong (71)
• Clarence O Grove (93), Palm Harbor, Pinellas, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Silvinus Hasevoets (76), Sint-Truiden, België
• Auke Gerrits BREMER (80), Hamilton Ontario Canada
• Klaas Gerrit Boorsma (69), Leeuwarden
• Alida Deforche (76), Roeselare, België
• Adrianus Antonie Exalto (72), Gorinchem, Nederland
• Agatha Schouten (90), Zwaag-Noord-Holland-Nederland
• Albert Makkinga (79)

• 1986 » Jeff Adrien, American basketball player
• 1986 » Josh Akognon, American basketball player
• 1986 » Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer
• 1986 » Roberto Jiménez Gago, Spanish footballer
• 1986 » Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player
• 1987 » Facundo Roncaglia, Argentinian footballer
• 1987 » Jakub Kindl, Czech ice hockey player
• 1988 » Francesco Acerbi, Italian footballer
• 1989 » Liam Hendriks, Australian baseball player
• 1990 » Barbara Guarischi, Italian cyclist

• 1975 » Nikos Kavvadias, Greek sailor and poet (b. 1910)
• 1979 » Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1910)
• 1992 » Alex Haley, American soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1929)
• 1995 » Paul Monette, American author, poet, and activist (b. 1945)
• 1997 » Brian Connolly, Scottish musician, lead singer The Sweet (b. 1945)
• 2000 » Jim Varney, American actor, comedian and writer (b. 1949)
• 2001 » Abraham Beame, American academic and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (b. 1906)
• 2001 » Buddy Tate, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1913)
• 2002 » Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)

1. Thomas
2. Jeroen
3. Jan
4. Michael
5. Kevin
6. Robert
7. Mark
8. Johannes
9. Tim
10. Frank
11. Patrick
12. Dennis
13. Bart
14. Daniel
15. Nick
16. Pieter

1. Jessica
2. Maria
3. Linda
4. Laura
5. Anne
6. Sarah
7. Johanna
8. Sandra
9. Samantha
10. Sanne
11. Kim
12. Anna
13. Stephanie
14. Nicole
15. Esther
16. Chantal

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
• March 14 » In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
• May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
• May 9 » New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
• May 24 » Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
• June 19 » Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.
• November 8 » U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.

The temperature on February 10, 1988 was between 0.6 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 14.3 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.